org.crosswire.common.util
Class Language

java.lang.Object
  org.crosswire.common.util.Language

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable

public class Language
extends Object
implements Comparable

A single language, paring an ISO-639 code to a localized representation of the language.

Author:

DM Smith [dmsmith555 at yahoo dot com]

See Also:

for license details. The copyright to this program is held by it's authors.

Field Summary

private String	code
static Language	DEFAULT_LANG
private boolean	knowsDirection
private boolean	ltor
private String	name

Constructor Summary

Language(String iso639Code)
A single language defined by an ISO-639 code.

Method Summary

int	compareTo(Object o)
boolean	equals(Object obj)
String	getCode() Get the language code.
String	getName() Get the language name.
int	hashCode()
boolean	isLeftToRight() Determine whether this language is a Left-to-Right or a Right-to-Left language.
boolean	isValidLanguage() Determine whether this language is valid.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

DEFAULT_LANG

public static final Language DEFAULT_LANG

code

private String code

name

private String name

knowsDirection

private boolean knowsDirection

ltor

private boolean ltor

Constructor Detail

Language

public Language(String iso639Code)

A single language defined by an ISO-639 code. If the code is null or empty then it is considered to be DEFAULT_LANG_CODE (that is, English).

Parameters:

iso639Code - the particular language

Method Detail

isValidLanguage

public boolean isValidLanguage()

Determine whether this language is valid. The code is valid if it is in iso639.properties.

Returns:

true if the language is valid.

getCode

public String getCode()

Get the language code.

Returns:

the code for the language

getName

public String getName()

Get the language name.

Returns:

the name of the language

isLeftToRight

public boolean isLeftToRight()

Determine whether this language is a Left-to-Right or a Right-to-Left language.

Returns:

true if the language is Left-to-Right.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object o)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable